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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dinesen thought that _________________________ were among the most courageous acts a human could do.
(a) acknowledging and confronting an abyss.
(b) validating and praising people.
(c) recognizing and acknowledging heroism.
(d) identifying and eliminating poverty.

2. Why did Bjornvig suffer a nervous breakdown?
(a) Dinesen did not return his love for her.
(b) Dinesen psychologically manipulated him.
(c) All his friends betrayed him.
(d) He could not make any money.

3. The disease in #127 primarily affected Dinesen's __________________.
(a) lungs.
(b) brain.
(c) joints.
(d) digestive system.

4. Why did Dinesen feel abandoned by Denys in 1928?
(a) He did not write letters anymore.
(b) He moved back to England.
(c) His visits were sporadic and brief.
(d) He was seeing another woman.

5. What likely caused Dinesen's miscarriage of a baby?
(a) Emotional trauma.
(b) Syphilis treatments.
(c) Malaria.
(d) A fall down stairs.

6. How did Denys react when Dinesen told him she might have been pregnant?
(a) He was angry.
(b) He was less than enthusiastic.
(c) He was stunned.
(d) He was thrilled.

7. Who was Thorkild Bjornvig?
(a) Dinesen's gardener.
(b) Dinesen's close friend.
(c) Dinesen's accountant.
(d) Dinesen's chauffeur.

8. What did Denys do for Dinesen that was better than anyone else could do?
(a) Taught her how to shoot big game.
(b) Fulfilled her desires for romance.
(c) Supported her artistic talent.
(d) Gave her flying lessons.

9. Which of the following was NOT something that made Bjornvig leave Dinesen?
(a) Her criticism.
(b) Her mood swings.
(c) Her manipulations.
(d) Her sense of humor.

10. Many of Dinesen's stories during this period address ______________________.
(a) Travel adventures.
(b) Lost love.
(c) Aristocracy in a changing world.
(d) Good vs. evil.

11. Dinesen considered herself to be ___________________ more than a novelist.
(a) a wife.
(b) an artist.
(c) a storyteller.
(d) a daughter.

12. What did Dinesen believe about her relationship with Bjornvig?
(a) He was her true soul mate.
(b) It was a mother/child situation.
(c) They would have married if she had been younger.
(d) She sold her soul to the devil.

13. What topic did Thomas suggest for Dinesen's writing during this period?
(a) Adventure.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Africa.
(d) Romance.

14. When Dinesen was in her 70s, she was ___________________.
(a) active.
(b) near death.
(c) thin and pale.
(d) vivacious.

15. After the war, Dinesen became involved with a movement of young ___________________.
(a) authors and poets.
(b) business people.
(c) politicians.
(d) spiritualists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dinesen help with during the war?

2. Where did Denys take Dinesen in 1929?

3. What type of work kept Denys busy in 1928?

4. Who helped Dinesen manage through her illness?

5. In what year did Dinesen turn 50?

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